Districts compared

Jhapa vs Makwanpur

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 531,981 more people.

	Jhapa	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	998,054	466,073
Area	1,606 km²	2,426 km²
Density	621/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	100.67
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Hetauda
Province	Koshi	Bagmati
Local levels	15	10

Jhapa

Nepal's easternmost district and its lowest-lying land, on the fertile Mechi plain

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Makwanpur

Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, beneath the Daman viewpoint on the Tribhuvan Highway

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Questions

Jhapa vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Makwanpur?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Jhapa has 531,981 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Makwanpur?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 820 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Makwanpur?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Makwanpur districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Jhapa is in Koshi Province, Makwanpur in Bagmati Province.

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Sources & data note

All population, household, density, sex-ratio and growth figures are from the National Population and Housing Census 2021 (NSO National Report, Table 15; census reference date 25 November 2021), with 2011 comparisons from the 2011 census recalculated to current boundaries for the four districts split in 2017. Areas are the official statistical areas used by NSO/CBS, the 77 districts sum to exactly 147,181 km², not GIS polygon areas; where Wikipedia's list page prints conflicting areas for the four split districts (Nawalpur, Nawalparasi West, Rukum East, Rukum West), the NSO-consistent figures are used. Literacy rates are computed from NSO Table 24 raw counts (population aged 5+ who can read and write); the computed national aggregate, 76.25%, matches NSO's published 76.2%. Headquarters coordinates are approximate map-pin locations (±2–5 km), not surveyed points.